My place to be honest

Month: November 2019

The Break is Marian’s latest novel, and it’s also the book I chose to take away with me for my 21st getaway as I knew it would entertaining. It follows Amy and Hugh whose marriage is in difficulty, causing Hugh to go backpacking in Asia for six months, leaving Amy to deal with their chaotic family life in Ireland and her stressful PR job. ‘A … Continue reading Marian Keyes – Author Overview

Sadly after 12.5 years of love, hugs and companionship we have had to suddenly say goodbye to our labrador Buster. When it became clear that Buster needed to go to the vets last Tuesday, I felt expectionally useless as I was not well enough to accompany my mum to the vets that night (my uncle went with her in the end). Feeling helpless in a … Continue reading Losing a beloved pet

Christmas is a time for family, food and quite frankly an awful lot of stress, especially if the more useless members of your family (often the men) pass all the responsibilties over to you. Everybody wants their family and friends to have a great time, be happy with the presents they received and in order for that to happen the nerve-racking task of Christmas shopping … Continue reading Little Gift ideas

The crossing off of Halloween on the calender means it’s finally acceptable to get in the festive spirit although we restrain from putting up the christmas decorations until the first of December. Christmas at Lilac Cottage features Penny, a lonely ice carver who lives in the idyllic town of White Cliff Bay. When she advertises her empty annex at Lilac Cottage she pictures becoming friends … Continue reading Festive Novels – Romance

The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz by Jeremy Dronfield is one of the best Holocaust books I have read recently, as it is amazingly accurate and detailed with brillant footnotes while beautifully following the Kleinmann family throughout WW2 begining with the Anschluss. ‘And as for the nightmare – why, that would never end so long as life and memory lasted. The dead remained … Continue reading Books I got for my birthday – Pt 2